"...Allan Vogel has here given us the single finest disc of oboe music 'ever' recorded. If you want one oboe collection in your collection, this is it. The program is as stellar a gathering of double-reed chestnuts as you are likely to find. The Saint-Saens and Poulenc are best-of-breed...Vogel's subtle inflections and superbly curvaceous voice-modeling makes it [the Britten] seem that we are hearing real speech in some mystical tongue...Get this!..." -Ritter, ARG